From The Newsroom: Texas Is Bad For Kids; A Year Without A Superintendent

The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: A new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation says Texas is one of the worst states to be a kid. How bad? According to the report, Texas is the ninth worst state in the country in terms of overall child well-being.

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And both Dallas and Fort Worth are searching for new school superintendents. Over the next few weeks, KERA will explore why it's so tough for a big-city superintendent to survive. Stella Chavez spoke with Fort Worth’s interim superintendent Patricia Linares, who has been at the post for a year.

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The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made a campaign stop in Dallas on Sunday. The independent Senator from Vermont drew a crowd that numbered in the thousands.

The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: A booming economy is producing jobs, but Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and others say too few people have the skills to do those jobs.